GLP-1 Agonists Linked to Lower Dementia Risk After Minor Stroke
In a retrospective cohort study, GLP-1 receptor agonist use was associated with a 48 percent lower hazard of post-stroke dementia ...
Tag: stroke recovery
Bilateral Neuromodulation Outperforms Unilateral Stimulation for Swallowing Recovery After Stroke
A systematic review and meta-analysis of seven studies involving 231 patients found that bilateral neuromodulation produced significantly greater swallowing improvements ...
Higher fasting glucose in hospital tied to worse recovery in young stroke patients
A multicentre Chinese cohort study of 1,127 adults aged 18 to 49 found that each 1 mmol/L higher early in-hospital ...
Meta-analysis finds Cytoflavin may aid recovery after ischemic stroke
A systematic review and meta-analysis of nine studies reports moderate-certainty improvements in stroke scale scores with Cytoflavin, alongside high heterogeneity ...
Short Sleep After Stroke Linked to Sharply Higher Depression Risk in Meta-Analysis
A meta-analysis of six studies covering 5,624 cases finds that short sleep duration after stroke is associated with nearly double ...
Moderate Aerobic Exercise May Best Activate Brain Repair Pathways After Stroke
A new narrative review synthesizes evidence that moderate-intensity aerobic exercise optimally activates the BDNF/PI3K/Akt neurorepair pathway after ischemic stroke, while ...
Astrocyte Subtype Marked by CD51 Drives Synapse Formation and Stroke Recovery in Mice
A new mouse tool reveals that CD51-positive astrocytes are a functionally distinct subpopulation that promotes cortical synapse formation, hippocampal circuit ...
Research report: Sonic hedgehog-matrix metalloproteinase crosstalk in neurovascular ageing and stroke: a potential mechanistic link
A GeroScience review proposes that an age-related imbalance between protective Sonic hedgehog signalling and degradative MMP activity may link neurovascular ...
Timing and Dose of Acupuncture Linked to Cognitive Recovery After Stroke, Retrospective Study Finds
A retrospective cohort of 226 post-stroke patients found that earlier acupuncture initiation, higher session frequency, longer treatment duration, younger age, ...
CD51 defines specialized astrocyte roles in mouse brain circuits
A mouse study shows that CD51-positive and CD51-negative astrocytes have distinct roles in synapse formation, memory-circuit adaptation and recovery from ...
Robot Assistance May Aid Upper-Limb Recovery, but Evidence Remains Fragile
A meta-analysis of nine stroke trials found a small, uncertain benefit from robotic assistance during upper-limb rehabilitation, but substantial heterogeneity ...
Genetic Evidence Points to Brain’s Triple Network as a Driver of Stroke Recovery
A Mendelian randomization study of 191 brain imaging phenotypes and 1,270 stroke patients finds genetic evidence that triple-network connectivity causally ...
Common Antibiotic Minocycline Shows Glimmer of Benefit for Stroke Recovery Quality of Life
A prespecified analysis of the EMPHASIS trial in China finds that minocycline may improve patient-reported quality of life after acute ...
Epigenetic Clocks Stay Ticking in Brain Fluid After Bleeding Stroke
A longitudinal study of 273 stroke patients shows that DNA methylation age measured in cerebrospinal fluid remains stable after aneurysmal ...
TFAM Reduces Mitochondrial Damage in Stroke Recovery
In a groundbreaking study published in Cell Death Discovery, researchers Wang, Shi, Qiu, and their team have unveiled pivotal insights ...
Butyrate Treatment Affects Microglia, Not Stroke Recovery
In recent groundbreaking research published in BMC Neuroscience, a study led by de Witte et al. explores the impact of ...
Exercise Boosts Stroke Recovery via IL-10 Pathway
In the evolving landscape of stroke rehabilitation, groundbreaking research has illuminated a novel pathway by which physical exercise exerts its ...
